The Mississippi River crested in New Orleans this week, capping an anxious period for the engineers and residents who live ...

As flooding cycles on the Mississippi Delta region, more rounds of heavy rain are on the way and could spark new flooding ...

Hundreds of species need wetlands to breed, forage and rest. When wetlands are destroyed, birds are usually the first to noticeably die off.

Developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the so-called Yazoo Pumps project purports to provide flood relief while ...

In the vast network of rivers and tributaries that make up the Pearl River Basin in southern China, the water is naturally filtered by living creatures. Throughout the slow-flowing water ...

History is written on the flood wall that protects St. Paul’s low-lying West Side from the Mississippi River. Just east of the Robert Street Bridge, a thin black line marks the crest of the ...

AIRMONT CITY, ILL. – An Illinois family is demanding police do more after they said their loved one fell into the Mississippi River. They said it happened as he was being chased by police ...

A domestic assault suspect was captured after a chase that ended in the Mississippi River late Thursday night. Police tried to stop the suspect at 11:45 p.m. on the 4000 block of 37th Avenue North.

It explores how recent legal and policy changes affect wetlands across the Mississippi River basin, what that means ... with landowners and then remove drainage tiles, ditches and dams to restore ...

NATCHEZ — The Mississippi River is on track to crest on April 24 at 1 a.m. at a stage of 54.5 feet, which is 6.5 feet above the 48-foot flood stage in Natchez, according to the National Water ...

The latest forecast from the National Weather Service shows the Mississippi River nearing the threshold for opening. The Bonnet Carré Spillway is designed to divert excess river water into Lake ...